Card-striping device



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W. HEIDINGER CARD STRIPING DEVICE Filed Sept. 14. 1923 Patented dan. 2(0), 1925.

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WLLY HEDINGER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE TABULATING MA- CHINE COMPANY, 0F ENDICOTT, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CARD-STRIPING DEVICE.

Application med september i4, 1923. serial no. 662,630.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLY HEIDINGER, a citizen of the Republic of Germany, residing at Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card- Stiiping Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

rlhis invention relates to card striping or inking devices.

`Where large numbers of cards are used, as for instance, in connection with tabulating lmachines or other business machines. it is sometimes desirable to provide distinguishing marks upon the cards of separate groups or of some particular groups, so that the mere si'ght of a card will reveal the group to which it belongs; or, should a card belonging to one group be inadvertently placed in a wrong group, it will be readily detected by an operator who is running the cards through a machine or otherwise handling them. Also it will be seen that cards so marked are less apt to be placed in Wrong groups.

IThe use of cards cut from stock of diierent colors for separate groups has been commonly practiced, but this method is an eX- pensive one and necessitates keeping a large variety of stock on hand from which to produce the cards.

Numerous methods may be employed for applying distinctive markings to groups of cards cut from uniform stock. Ordinarily, however, such methods areV apt to be too complicated and to require too much ma chinery, and' are therefore prohibitive.

According to my invention, a stripe of any desiredcolor may be drawn, preferably y,

across the top ol" the card, and the apparatus employed is very simple and inexpensive.

Referring to the drawingsvwherein '.l have shown what l now consider to be the preferred form of my invention:

Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of the apparatus showing the manner in which.-

the ink is applied to the card stock as it is being unwound from the roll...

Fig. 2 .is a fragmentary plan view of a part of F ig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of a card which has had a colored stripe applied thereto in yaccordance with my invention.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, 1 represents an ink reservoir having voir. The upper and outer end of the tube may be bent over as sho-wn to prevent its 'passage from becoming clogged by particles of dust. Near the bottom of the reservoir is another opening closed by a stopper 4i having a tube -5 communicating with the interior of the reservoir. The tube 5 arches over the side of a small container 6 in the manner of a siphon and reaches down into said container; a wick 7 of felt or other suitable material reaches upwardly in the container 6 and emerges through a channel member 8, having an adjusting device 9 similar to the well known wick-feeding devices used in oil lamps.

In the production of cards to be used in connection with tabulating machines, the stock is usually provided in long strips the width of the cards and wound upon a reel. The stock is then fed from the reel into the printing press where blank card forms are printed upon it and where it is cut into card lengths.

1n the drawings the roll of stock is shown at l0, being fed as at 11 between guide rollers 12 into the printing press. The reservoir 1 and container 6 may be mounted on a support 13 which may be a lined part of the printing press or a shelf fiXedly attached to the press. Any suitable attaching means 14 may be provided for securing the container to the support. Such means 'may be adjustable if desired so that the distance between the container and the paper may be varied. When the parts are in position with the end of the wick 7 adjacent.

the surface of the paper the final adjustment for controlling the degree of pressure of the wick upon the paper will be made through the device 9.

1n operation it will be seen that with both ends of tube 3 open, the level of the liquid in the tube will be controlled by the liquid level in container 6. As the level in said container is lowered by consumption and becomes lower than the lower end of tube 3, air will leak through tube Sinto the reservoir and rise to theV top thereof'. This will permit a flow of liquid thru tube 5 to container 6 until the liquid level therein is again the same as the end of the tube 3. The

ink level in container 6 may be fixed-by raising or lowering the tube 3 by sliding it through the stopper 2. The end of tube 5 in container 6 should be lower than that of tube 3 in the reservoir il, so that the level in the container will not fall below the end of the tube 5 and permit 'air to become trapped therein and stop the flow of ink.

With the wick 7 touching the paper 11, it will be seen that as the paper is drawn int-o the press a band of ink will be applied as at 15, Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3, the card 16 is shown with the band of ink across the top. v

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: c

l. In an. ink applying device, an ink reservoir, Ian ink container connected with said reservoir adjacent the lower end of the latter to receive ink therefrom, a wick asso# ciated with said container for absorbing and applying the ink, and an air inlet for said reservoir for controlling the flow of ink therefrom to said container.

2. In an inking device, a reservoir, an ink container, means connected adjacent the bottom of the reservoir for transferring ink to the container, andan air tube associated with said reservoir and independent of the aforesaid connecting means to said container for controlling the transfer of ink from the reservoir to said container.

3. In combination, in an ink applying device including means for feeding paper, an

ink container having a wick adapted to eni gage the paper being fed for applying ink thereto, a reservoir adapted to supply ink to said container and hydrostatic. control ine-.ins for regulating the flow of ink from said reservoir to said container.

4. In combination, in an ink applying device including means for feeding paper, yan

ink container having a wick adapted to en with one of said-containers, and means 1ncludiiig an adjustable air linlet tube associated with the supply containers and independent of the discharging interconnection to the other container.

6. In an inking device, a reservoir, a container, a tube connected with the lower portion of said reservoir and arching over the side of said container and dipping into the saine, a second tube connected with said reservoir for supplying air thereto and being adapted to control the air pressure in the reservoir in accordance with amount of inkin said container.

In testimony whereof l hereto aiix my signature.

WILLY HEIDINGER. l 

